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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 6, 2021
Emancipation Oak Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| 1 ► Virginia, Hampton, Phoebus — Emancipation Oak — "Thirst for knowledge" — Reported permanently removed |
| Here, under an oak tree, newly freed African American students listened in January 1863 as the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud. Union Gen. Benjamin Butler's "contraband of war" decision at Fort Monroe in 1861 anticipated that day, . . . — — Map (db m283409) HM | |||
2 ► Virginia, Hampton — Emancipation Oak — Formerly Enslaved Eager for Education —  |
| In January 1863, here under an oak tree, newly freed African American students listened as the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud. Union Gen. Benjamin Butler's "contraband of war" decision at Fort Monroe in 1861 anticipated that day, enabling . . . — — Map (db m283408) HM | |||